data processing

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Technology

Records Management

Handling and processing of information necessary to record the transactions of an organization. Usually used in conjunction with mechanical and electronic data-handling equipment.

Technology

Telecommunications

The systematic performance of operations upon data such as handling, merging, sorting, and computing. Note: The semantic content of the original data should not be changed. The semantic content of the processed data may be changed. Synonym information processing.

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